Tethered ball game



April 1962 w. E. BONANG 3,031,191

TETHERED BALL GAME Filed Jan. 50, 1961 Irv 6217b)- WL HIQmEdM/ rd 5720.?

United States Patent 3,031,191 Patented Apr. 24, 1962 3,031,191'IETHERED BALL GAME William Edward Bonang, 139 Sydney St., Saint John,New Brunswick, Canada Filed Jan. 30, 1961, Ser. No. 85,580 1 Claim. (Cl.273-95) This invention relates to a game of skill involving a tetheredball game.

Many games and toys are played with balls. In many such games, aresilient rubber ball is elastically connected directly to a woodenhandle, and the ball is adapted to be struck by the wooden handle.

By the present invention, there is provided a game of skill comprising aresilient solid sponge rubber ball having a hole diametrically formedtherethrough, a rigid inelastic hollow cylindrical handle adapted to begripped by the hand of the user and a single elastic band passed throughsaid hollow handle and through said hole in said ball and elasticallyconnecting said ball to said handle, said elastic band constituting aclosed loop, the length of said handle being at least equal to thediameter of said ball, whereby motion of the users hand causes saidelastic band to be stretched thereby causing said ball to be extendedaway from the hand of the user, and whereby contraction of said extendedelastic band causes said ball to be moved towards the hand of the userand to be struck by the hand of the user.

In the drawings which illustrate an embodiment of the 3 her ball 10, andthrough a hole 13 bored through the handle 12. The length of the handle12, as shown in the drawing, is at least equal to the diameter of theball 10.

FIG. 2 shows the invention in use. The user, a young boy 21, grips thehandle 12 with his hand 22 so that his fist is facing the ball 10.Oscillatory motion of the users arm causes the elastic rubber band 14 tobe stretched and this causes the ball to be extended away from the usersfist. Then, the elastic contracts causing the ball to come closer to theusers fist. Eventually, the ball contacts the users fist, and then theball is punched away by the users fist. It is to be noted that only asingle closed loop of elastic connects the rubber ball to the handle sothat the user must exercise considerable skill to strike the ballrepeatedly. This repeated operation continues at the discretion andskill of the user.

I claim:

A game of skill comprising a resilient solid sponge rubber ball having ahole diametrically formed therethrough, a rigid inelastic hollowcylindrical handle adapted to be gripped by the hand of the user and asingle elastic band passed through said hollow handle and through saidhole in said ball and elastically connecting said ball to said handle,said elastic band constituting a closed loop, the length of said handlebeing at least equal to the diameter of said ball, whereby motion of theusers hand causes said elastic band to be stretched thereby causing saidball to be extended away from the hand of the user, and

0 whereby contraction of said extended elastic band causes said ball tobe moved towards the hand of the user and to be struck by the hand ofthe user.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS729,473 Wilson May 26, 1903 2,210,024 Cayo Aug. 6, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS774,181 France Sept. 17, 1934 6881151 Gre-at i "rift-7'7: f

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No.3,031,191 April 24, 1962 William Edward Bonang corrected below.

In the heac iing t9 the printed specification, after line 5 insertClalms priority, application Canada Dec. 29, 1960 Signed and sealed this11th day of September 1962.

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ERNEST w. SWIDER DAVID LADD meeting Officer Commissioner of Patents

